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Title: Some Like It Hot (1959)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Sugar Kane Kowalczyk | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Joe / Josephine / Shell Oil Junior | |
| Jack Lemmon | ... | Jerry / Daphne | |
| George Raft | ... | Spats Colombo | |
| Pat O'Brien | ... | Detective Mulligan | |
| Joe E. Brown | ... | Osgood Fielding III | |
| Nehemiah Persoff | ... | Little Bonaparte | |
| Joan Shawlee | ... | Sweet Sue | |
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Billy Gray | ... | Sig Poliakoff |
| George E. Stone | ... | Toothpick Charlie | |
| Dave Barry | ... | Beinstock | |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Spats' Henchman | |
| Harry Wilson | ... | Spats' Henchman | |
| Beverly Wills | ... | Dolores | |
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Barbara Drew | ... | Nellie |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. Written by garykmcd
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In 1929, in Chicago, the musicians and friends Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) flees from the night-club where they are playing during a police raid. Without any money, they seek a job position for saxophone and bass players in another band and they are invited to play in a concert for one night only in a distant town. Joe borrows the car of a former girlfriend to travel and when they arrive in the parking garage, they witness the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" led by the infamous mobster Spats Columbo (George Raft). The criminals discover Joe and Jerry hidden in a corner and when the killers are ready to execute them, they succeed to escape. Joe and Jerry disguise, dressing like women and they head to Florida by train with an all-girl band using the names of Josephine and Daphne. They get close to singer Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe) and Joe falls in love with her but she believes he is a woman. Meanwhile the millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown) harasses Daphne inviting her to visit his yacht. When Spats and his henchmen arrive in the same hotel where Joe and Jerry are lodged for a mafia convention, the two musicians feel that they are in a dangerous situation.
Yesterday Tony Curtis died and I decided to watch "Some Like it Hot" again. This film is another masterpiece of Billy Wilder and certainly one of the best comedies of the cinema history. Jack Lemmon is hilarious and responsible for some of the funniest moments especially when Osgood flirts with Daphne. Marilyn Monroe performs the perfect dumb blonde stereotype. Last time I had seen this movie was on 18 August 2000. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "Quanto Mais Quente Melhor" ("The Hotter, the Better")